Born: August 5, 1934 Port Royal, Kentucky Author, Journalist, Poet

Eyes and heart are all you need to absorb the world’s wealth and diversity. Henry Miller called Brassai “vivid eye”. It was the painter with a capital “A”, one of the brightest witnesses of his time, open to the world, new opportunities and beauty of everyday life.

Alfred Edward Housman – is one of the most famous poets of England of the Edwardian age. Somebody call him a “a poetry world’s puzzle”, somebody – “the last classical poet of meadow England, but his works are beloved and famous till the present moment.

William Stanley Merwin is one of the most famous American writers, an active participant of the anti-war movement in the 1960s. His works on the environmental theme are important element of his activity.

Born: c. 1431 Paris, France Poet

Born: October 9, 1906 Joal, Senegal Educator, Poet

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. is an outstanding writer and poet of the 19th century of the USA. Holmes’ poems are filled with spirit of patriotism and irony, and novels are filled with intrigue, philosophy and adventures. Mr. Holmes is an interesting person of his time.

William Ernest Henley was a talented poet, critic, editor, publisher. He became known thanks to the poem “Invictus”.

Born: August 4, 1913 Detroit, Michigan Poet

Works of this writer make readers feel the difficult fate of the characters whose life is under control of social reality. “He wrote his work according to a literary norm of cinematograph which didn’t exist at that time. His work is a scenario to a film”, said John Wayne about one of the Thomas Hardy’s … Continue reading Biography of Thomas Hardy →